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Best Fantasy TV Series of the 1980s

200 Fantasy series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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200 series

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

★ 7.3
160 17 1987–1988
Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy

Moviedrome

★ 9.0
149 82 1988–2000
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Teen Angel

★ 6.1
139 12 1989–1989
Drama · Fantasy

Boys Will Be Boys

★ 6.3
134 21 1987–1988
Comedy · Fantasy

Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders

★ 5.9
131 1988–1990
Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

Valentina

★ 5.7
131 13 1989–1989
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Tokimeki Tonight

★ 7.5
129 34 1982–1983
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy

Uzayli Zekiye

★ 5.8
127 10 1987–1987
Comedy · Fantasy

Der Ring des Nibelungen

★ 9.0
121 4 1980–present
Drama · Fantasy · Music

Prisoners of Gravity

★ 8.5
116 138 1989–1994
Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Talk-Show

Nightmare Classics

★ 6.0
113 4 1989–1989
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

The Dark Side of the Sun

★ 7.3
112 6 1983–1983
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Alice in Wonderland

★ 6.5
111 4 1986–1986
Fantasy

La corona mágica

★ 7.9
110 26 1989–1990
Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

World of Strange Powers

★ 7.8
110 13 1985–1985
Documentary · Drama · Fantasy

T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set

★ 4.6
107 10 1989–1989
Fantasy

Shadow Chasers

★ 7.7
104 14 1985–1986
Fantasy · Mystery

Fantadroms

★ 7.9
97 13 1985–1995
Animation · Fantasy

Da Lotte blev usynlig

★ 6.3
96 6 1988–1988
Fantasy

Mr Pye

★ 7.5
94 4 1986–1986
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Littl' Bits

★ 7.4
92 26 1980–1980
Animation · Family · Fantasy

Onegai! Samia don

★ 7.0
91 1 1985–1987
Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

Sylvanian Families

★ 7.9
87 13 1987–1988
Animation · Family · Fantasy

The Witches and the Grinnygog

★ 7.6
85 6 1983–1983
Family · Fantasy
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